Why Listening and Learning is Key for Closing Deals with Mo Bunnell

Show Notes There is a triple-win when asking good questions. A person’s pleasure center in the brain lights up when people offer self-disclosing information. You learn your prospect’s priorities in their words. This would be impossible if you didn’t begin by listening to them talk. Sharing self-disclosed information is highly correlated to likeability. Asking great […]

James Barclay Uncovers the Magnetic Strategies That Attract Your Ideal Clients

Show Notes James Barclay shares the key content creation strategies that Passel uses to help busy professionals demonstrate the expertise that sets them and their firms apart. Learn about how content creation became the basis for Passel’s business model, how to write and create content for your most important relationships in a way that people […]

GrowBIG Playbook: Inspiration Time!

What’s On My Mind I’m really proud of the women in my life. Becky and I will be married 30 years this August 1st. Hard to believe. I remember moving from Fort Wayne to Atlanta the week after our wedding. Neither of us had a job. But we had a month’s rent paid, $426 in […]

GrowBIG Playbook: How Hard Should You Try?

What’s On My Mind I get this question a lot​ Mo, how hard should I try? The question comes up in many contexts. Big things like… RFP responses. Or formal pitches. Smaller things like… Writing an email. Or preparing for a short BD meeting. And maybe most importantly, the hardest things in business development and […]

GrowBIG Playbook: How Hard Should You Try?

What’s On My Mind I get this question a lot​ Mo, how hard should I try? The question comes up in many contexts. Big things like… RFP responses. Or formal pitches. Smaller things like… Writing an email. Or preparing for a short BD meeting. And maybe most importantly, the hardest things in business development and […]

GrowBIG Playbook: The Three Areas To Build Trust With Clients (1 of 4)

What’s On My Mind I trust you’ll like this four-part series on trust!​ My friend Glen Jackson, who founded and massively grew the Jackson Spalding agency, has an interesting take on trust. He says… Trust is a peculiar resource. The more you use it, the more you get. Mic drop. I hadn’t thought of trust […]

GrowBIG Playbook: How To Build Trust, Personally (2 of 4)

What’s On My Mind Here’s the second in our four-part series on trust…a great series to work through with your entire team. Last week we ended with the three questions your clients are asking about you. Do I trust you? ​ Do I trust your team? ​ Do I trust your organization?​ I gave several […]

GrowBIG Playbook: How To Succeed With Client Outreach

What’s On My Mind Short one this week! I just finished leading a super fun session with a large client team at a major consulting firm. One thing stood out. How to think about outreach. I knew I had struck a chord when the leader said, “that’s another quote I’m writing down.” I’ll close with […]